Expression of a gene for an MLX56 defense protein derived from mulberry latex confers strong resistance against a broad range of insect pests on transgenic tomato lines

• Mika Murata,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Vegetable and Floriculture Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan

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• Kotaro Konno ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mituhara@affrc.go.jp (IM); konno@affrc.go.jp (KK)

  Affiliation Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, NARO, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

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• Naoya Wasano,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Biological Control, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

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• Atsushi Mochizuki ,

  Roles Conceptualization

  ¶† Deceased November 2017

  Affiliation Institute of Agro-Environmental Sciences, NARO, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

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• Ichiro Mitsuhara

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mituhara@affrc.go.jp (IM); konno@affrc.go.jp (KK)

  Affiliation Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, NARO, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8750-5017

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